The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis
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I'd pass 'im one, I would! 'E ain't no man!)
I meets 'im Choosdee ev'nin' up the town. "Wot O," 'e chips me. "Kin yeh keep one down?" I sez I can. We 'as a couple; then meets three er four Flash coves I useter know, an' 'as some more. "'Ow are yeh on a little gamble, Kid?" Sez Ginger Mick. "Lars' night I'm on four quid. Come 'round an' try yer luck at Steeny's school." "No," sez me conscience. Then I thinks, "Why not? An' buy 'er presents if I wins a pot? A blazin' fool I wus. Fer 'arf a mo' I 'as a fight; Then conscience skies the wipe...Sez I "Orright." Ten minutes later I was back once more, Kip in me 'and, on Steeny Isaac's floor, Me luck was in an' I wus 'eadin' good. Yes, back agen amongst the same old crew! An' orl the time down in me 'eart I knew I never should... Nex' thing I knows it's after two o'clock-- Two in the mornin'! An' I've done me block! "Wot odds?" I thinks. "I'm in fer it orright." An' so I stops an' gambles or] the night; An' bribes me conscience wiv the gilt I wins. But when I comes out in the cold, 'ard dawn I know I've crooled me pitch; me soul's in pawn. |
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